Series · Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
- Creator
- Hugh Greene
- Writers
- Julian Bond, Harry Moore, Philip Mackie
- Network
- ITV1
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- September 20, 1971
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Kenneth ColleyFarrish
Douglas WilmerProf. Van Dusen
Ronald HinesJonathan Pryde
Peter BarkworthMartin Hewitt
Peter VaughanDorrington
Cyd HaymanLaura Stanley- Petronella BarkerMiss Parrot
Paul Whitsun-JonesMarquis of Orpington
John NettletonAdmiral Christador
Michael CashmanAsst. Purser Robbins- James CairncrossBriggs
Charles Lloyd PackJudge- Barry AshtonBuller's Bank Clerk
- Edward DentithSupt. Miller
- Robert HartleyPerroquet
- John GatrellJeweller
- Derek WareEscaping prisoner
- John DawsonInspector Fullalove
- Clifford ParrishFinch
Derek SmithHenry Jacobs
Episodes
0/13 watched- Episode 1: A Message from the Deep Sea50 min · Sep 20, 1971
- Episode 2: The Missing Witness Sensation50 min · Sep 27, 1971
- Episode 3: The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.50 min · Oct 4, 1971
- Episode 4: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds50 min · Oct 11, 1971
- Episode 5: The Horse of the Invisible50 min · Oct 18, 1971
- Episode 6: The Case of the Mirror of Portugal50 min · Oct 25, 1971
- Episode 7: Madame Sara50 min · Nov 1, 1971
- Episode 8: The Case of the Dixon Torpedo50 min · Nov 8, 1971
- Episode 9: The Woman in the Big Hat50 min · Nov 15, 1971
- Episode 10: The Affair of the Tortoise50 min · Nov 22, 1971
- Episode 11: The Assyrian Rejuvenator50 min · Nov 29, 1971
- Episode 12: The Ripening Rubies50 min · Dec 2, 1971
- Episode 13: The Case of Laker, Absconded50 min · Dec 9, 1971
